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I've noticed when people give offerings to Budah, they always use red fanta for the drink, Anyone know why.

My wife's sister on occasions gives the offering of food and drink to Budah, nothing wrong with that, She believes when she dies she will never be hungry, for her good deeds, again nothing wrong with that. Some put a pigs head on the shrine and then boil up what's left, tom yum, whatever.

Here's the story ...

My thai sister inlaw puts a large cooked fish out for an offering to Budah, it looked delicious, Alloy i said, they like fish eat all, she replied, i smiled and walked away thinking, who eats all. I asked Mrs.T. who eats the fish where does it go, She smiled and said,why you think cat she so pompuey

A bit more on the religious beliefs of some ... Some extracts taken from newdawnmagazine.com

Thailand the country that most truly believe in spirits and supernatural power. this country is about as occult as it gets, you have believers in spirits and supernatural power. There's a festival to the gods where possessed devotees stick sharp objects through their bodies, also you have monks who use their supernatural powers to charge amulets.

Thailand has many different religious beliefs. However, Buddha and the community of monks Sangha are all above the rest. People in thailand believe monks are revered for possessing supernatural powers. That is why Buddhist monasteries or Wats, are considered sacred ground where no evil spirit dare step foot inside. It is said that monks are also protected from harm by evil spirits.

This is where Karma, Heaven & Hell come in, do good leads to merit, do no good leads to demerit, karma is very important in the minds of the Thai people, which might determine their place in the next life. They say there are 136 levels of hell in the Buddhist cosmology, none of them are pleasant, So based on the sinning you done when you was alive, you will be judged in the afterlife, which will determine to which one of these hell's you go to.

The story is, if you were greedy and stole money in your first life, you will become a hungry ghosts or Phii Pret as there called and you will be continually hungry but unable to satisfy your hunger. If you good karma is high, you could end up spending time in the company of deities in one of the many magnificent heavens and enjoy hours of bliss and pleasure, until your store of good karma has run out and it’s time to be reborn. Also acquiring good karma is important to Thai people. Mostly though, it’s not the afterlife they are worried about, but success in this life.

So the belief is, by giving alms, food, money to monks, or by donating to a monastery, you get beneficial karma, protection and good luck in this life. Even just being in the monks presence as they meditate or chant is thought to be beneficial for your karma.

Like to offer blood-red Fanta to a statue? Please do it at spirit houses and shrines, not at the airport, asks Airports of Thailand.

After photos of Fanta bottles placed at the base of the yak in the departure level of Suvarnabhumi Airport went viral, the organization issued a statement Monday saying that offerings of worship should not be placed at Suvarnabhumi’s traditional Thai statues.

The statement said a man was seen placing a bottle of Fanta on 5pm on Sunday at the base of the giant’s feet. It added that any future offerings would be swiftly removed by cleaning staff.

The giant, which depicts a Suriyapop giant from the Ramakien, is located on the fourth floor of the departure concourse and weighs 12 tons. According to animist beliefs, offerings of food, especially blood-red Fanta, appease local spirits.

let's not lose are traditions here by the cleaning staff at swampy clearing up a few bottles of fanta.In Thailand, it’s common to believe in paranormal spirits. like

No wearing shoes indoors. Never, ever talk back to your mom. And don’t forget to feed the ghosts.stealing from a ghost is begging for bad luck, bit like amulets and tattoos, people believe take care of the ghosts/spirits and they will take care of you.